Polishing mop



I. I. SHICKLUNA. ,PousHmaMon APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3| I9I9.

1,428,263. Pntenaspt. 5,1922.

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POLISHING MOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAH. 3, Ism.

1,428,263, PatentedSept. 5, 19221, v

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Josnrn a. snrcnnnnn, or BUFFALO, `nnw Yonai, Assrenen To tornanosyne'mmy solarium, or BUFFALO, NEW Yonai,

A CORPORATIDN OF NEW YORK PoLrsHINe ivror.

` Application led March 3,

To all 107mm t may concern.' I

Be it known that l, Josnrn J. Sr-noKLUNA, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buifalo, in thecounty of Erie and` State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Polishing Mops, ofwhich the followinglis a specification-1 My invention relates to apolishing mop or similar article of manufacture'.

l One ofthe objects of my invention is the provision of an improved` mopof this kind embodying a substantially rigid member constructed toenable flexible mopping element'to be quickly applied .theretoy withoutresorting .to the use of clamping means, and. to be as readily removedtherefrom yfor the purpose ofv washing or otherwise cleaning said,mopping element. v I

Another object of my invention is the pro-` vision of a mop receiving.frame or head having a slender member formed or fashioned with partsarranged to trend'in dif-A ferent directions, said member beingsupported atA onev end'by a suitable handle vor a suitable fitting atone end of a handle and having its yother end free to provide a slipopening at one' pointlof the frame or head so as to permit a flexiblemopping ele-v ment to be slipped'onto said slender member .from one endand entirelyl Cover said y member.

Another object is the provision of an open or. skeleton mop receivingframe or head for supporting a flexible mopping element, said frame orhead having a manipulating handle secured thereto in a plane above' .itsmajor portion and having also a flexible mopping element appliedthereto.` y

A further object' of my invention is the provision of a mop having anopen or skele-y ton mop receiving .frame or head formed or fashioned vtol provide an outlining or pe-y ripheral portion surrounding an` openspace. and a filler portion extending transverselyr across said space.said outlining portion and fllerportion havinga flexible mopping .ele-vment secured thereto. l y f Another object is the provision ofa mophaving'ia polygonally-'shaped mop head with a slip opening at a pointbetween two angles ,i of said heat. y i y Still further objects are toprovide a mop of this kind which is simple iny construction,inexpensive, h'thoroughly j practicable, ,y and i which permits theattachment of a' i919. V'Serial No. 22.30526@ i i elementL thereon, orthe removal therefrom, with the greatestfacilit'y; j i l -vVith these'and other objects invention consists in i i i and afmop receiving inViewl the frame or head con-- nected to saidhandle'v and' formed ,of alslender*membenbent, cast or otherwise formed intoloopshape, Isaid*slender member being preferably fashioned. to provide a confiningoroutlining portion bonndingan` open space and a i within said space, anda e'Xible mopping element having` a tubular portion substantially l.cpo-,extensive with@ said vslender ,mem-r berv and vhaving the latterthreaded .through er le y a mop having a handle` i i v filler portionarranged l the tubular portionv of saidilexible element.v

vIt `also consists in a mop receiving yframe orhead hav-ing a 'slendermember formed oidfashionfed to differentdirections, and a flexiblemopping element khaving vatubular portion from `end to endg-thereof,which tubularportion isf adaptedfto be slipped onto said slendermemlprovide4 parts trending in,l

ber from one end thereof so that said'tnbular portion may entirely coverber.V A ,Y lt further consists inthe novel featuresv said slenderme1`nofjconstruction, and inthe arrangement and 'l combination of partsto be hereinalfterdef scribed and more particularly pointed'mout in thelsubjoined claims` I nthe drawings Y Fig. l Ais a perspective viewof `apolish-y ing mop representative of my inventionthe arrangementshownbeing what Ifnow consider the preferredform of myinvention and being oneof the manyxdifferent constructive i forms falling within the scope of'theprinciple involved.

mopping element removed therefrom.

ri-g. niet Similar View mitteilen-@Kite bilig.' 3k is a side elevationof the lowerend of the mopv `viththe flexible moppingele# nient removedtherefrom. f Fig. 4 is a sectional4 plan view of the lower Aend ofthemop,A ythe section being ioo taken. throughy theconnection between the ymop'vhead'yand.the handle of the mop, thisv sectionA illustrating themanner in which the frame :or headof ,the mop is threaded onto theflexible'mopping .element from one end thereof or, as it maybestated,'the manner inr which the `flexible element is slipped onto theslender member forming the mop receiving frame or head.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4. n

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken on line 6 6, Fig. 4.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the lower endof the mop shown in Fig. 8,with the fleX- ible mopping element removed therefrom.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 11-11, Fig. 10, withthe lower por ton of the handle thereof shown in elevation and with aportion of the moopingl element in connection therewith, one end of themopping element being slipped onto the mop-receiving 'frame or head or,as it may well be termed, the wire of said frame or head 'being threadedinto the tubular portion of the flexible mopping member at one endthereof.

Having reference to the drawings in de*l tail, the vnumeral .l2designates the mop receiving frame or `head considered as a whole,

, 13 the flexible mopping or brushing element applied to saidV frame orhead, and 14 handle which is of the usual length` for convenientlymanipulating the mop. lt is of .course apparent that an entirelydifferent form of handle may be used if desired.

rllhe mop receiving frame or head has a suitable tting or connectioncast, forger or otherwise formedvby means of which the handle is securedthereto and, in the preferred form shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, thisfitting or connection, numeral 15, is formed of sheet metal fash ionedto provide a handleereceiving thimble or sleeve 16 and two arms orextensions 17 projecting from the lower end of said thiinble or sleeveand being offset, at `1S to bring the extremities of said arms orextensions close together, said extremities being preferably y ofcircular formation, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. rlhis fitting orconnection comprises a plurality of parts including two friction disks19 which 1 peferably construct of fiber or other sim ilar material andwhich are arranged at opposite sides of the circular lower extremity ofsaid fitting or connection with a washer 2O lying against the'outer faeeof one of said friction disks and a washer 21 lying against the outerface of the other friction disk and having a sleeve extension 22 formedthereon.`

rlhe handle 14 is threaded or otherwise se cured in the tliimble orsleeve 16 of the litting or connection 15, and the mop receivingdesignated by the frame or head 12 is adapted to be secured to saidfitting, as will presently be described.

rThe frame or head 12 is in the form of an open or skeleton frame orwhat may be termed a loop-shaped frame, and comprises a. slender member23 formed or fashioned into anv suitable shape which will provide par sthat trend in different directions, one

end or terminal of said slender member being secured to the fitting orconnection 15 and the other end or terminal being preferg ably free, asat 24, and spaced from an acl-- jacent or intermediate portion of saidslender member so as to provide a slip opening 25, at the periphery ofthe frame for a purpose to appear hereinafter. By an intermediateportion7 1 mean any part or portion of the slender member or framebetween the ends thereof.

ln the 4preferred form embodying` the principles involved in a mopreceiving frame or head of this type, the slender member of the frame orhead is constructed of stiff wire bont or otherwise fashioned intosubstantially triangular form to provide the three bounding or confiningparts 26, 27, 28, said wire being bent inwardly from one of these partsto provide a cross or filler part 29, which extends transversely with-inthe space bounded by said bounding or conning pa qts, the end of thewirewithin said space being re-bent, as at 30, to form a pivot por tion onwhich the handle 14 may swing, the washer 21 with its sleeve extension,the friction disks 19, the circular extremity of the fitting 15, and thewasher 20 being all mounted on said pivot portion and said pivot portionbeing `provided with external. screw threads and having a wing nut 31.threaded thereon.

The outer end of the sleeve extension 22 of the washer 21 is providedwith a notch 32 into which the bight 33 of the re-bentor pivot portionof the frame or head 'is' fitted so that this washer is `held againstrotation on said pivot portion.y Said pivot portion 30 is provided witha flattened portion 34 and the opening through the washer 2O is`provided with a flat surface 85, which bears against said flattenedportion By tightening the thumb nutv 31 upon the pivot port-ion of saidframe, the washers 20, 21 and friction disks 19 with the circular ertension between. saidk disks are all securely' clamped and the desiredfriction applied against opposite sides of said circular erid tension sothat the handle may be caused to swing on the pivot portion 30 of theframe or head, yet be retained by the frictionalj contact of the fiberfriction disks at any position in which it may be placed( lt is to benoted that the bent portion 3801": the wire is directed upwardly to`bring the pivot portion 30 above the plane of the triangular frameportion so that the pivot of the handle is elevated and the handle maybesWung intoA acomparatively loiv position withoutcoming in contact Withthe cross or .filler part 29 of the frame. e

I vOne end Vof the Wire terminates at the periphery of the frameinspacedrelation to the cross or filler part 29 thereof so asto form theslip openingQ. y

The Inopping element 13 is preferably formed of strips of librousmaterial 37, such as cotton or theqlike, and threads or strings ofcotton or other material 38 arranged in regular formation, to which thesaid strips of cottonl or other material is sewed, as at 39. Thisprovides an elongated flexible member With stripsof material seived toopposite i sides and this flexible member is folded or doubled 'uponitselfy longitudinally and seived together to form a passage or tubefl-O, Which ext-ends from one end of said flexible member` tothe other,with the strips of cotton or othermaterial lining the threads Within thetube and facingk the same around the tube so that said threads are fullyconcealed atv thetiibe portion of Athe mopping element andy theexteriorand the interior of the passage or tube is provided with smoothsurfaces. `When thus constructed; the

threads hang from the tube or tubularpor` tion of the-mopping` elementand formA a brush-like lower portion 4:1v which is adapted to be Vsaturated with a polishing Huid,

Vand as the entire mopping lelement is con struoted ,of brous materialin thread or string form and in sheet form secured to the threads orstrings thereof, it possesses capil- `lary attraction and by use becomessatirrated throughoiitivith polishing fluid. This mopping element ispreferably of a length conforming to the length of the Wire which forms'the frame or head measurinci frein y the outer end of the sleeveextensionl 22 of the Washer 2l to the'extremity of the Wire at theperiphery of the frame, and by providing the mopping element with lthepassage or tube 40, as described,` it'may' be slipped onto the Wireforming t-he skeleton frame through the slip ,opening 25 at theperiphery of the frame, as indicated in Fig. l, the tube of themopping'element being moved along the Wireuntil the entirev length 1 yof the exposedy portionof the .Wire is fully covered. lf'ilhen themopping element has been slipped onto thev Wire :in the manner shoivn inFig. l, a portion of said element extends across the open spaceforniedby the three sides of the skeleton frame, and this v portion maybe termedY a filler region.

@Wing to they fact that the thread or string portion of the moppingelement hangs loosely from the tubular portion of the same, the threadsof the side or peripheral portions, as Well as those of the fillerportion, Will spread when brought in contact With the surface to bepolished, With the rei sult that practically no openings will exist``Within the frame.

When the mopping element is appli-editoy the frame or head,- it issupported on parts arranged at different `angles or'trendingfyindifferent directions, and there is no possibility of said moppingelement becoming'ac-` cidentallyy removed from the frame or head,

since by moving said frame or head'equipped with the `mopping elementiny any direction. or at any angle, there is always a strain on` frame.andas thelangular portions of they; lframe are of rounded formationrather than sharp, the application of the mopping ele-I` mentlto theframe, or theremoval therefrom may be accomplished with theygreatestyfac'ility, and after being appliedto' the frame',

absolute` assurance is had that themopping element ivill beretainedthereon, yregardlessy of the manner in which it may be used.

ln the modification shown in Figs. Stov 1v1 inclusive, a mop receivingframe or head of different formation is shoifvn., In this modi.-fication the handle lllis threaded into a it-` ieo tingfor connectionlandthis litting or.

connection is applied "tonne end of the' slender member 23a forming theskeleton frame or head.: Thisframa'like the frame shown in the preferredconstruction, is preferably constructed of Wire, butin ythis in.- stanceit is bent or otherwise fashioned into diamond shape, which shapefalso'y provides parts trending-fin different directions, and

from the sidel or oerioher fof theyvire framev 1 i f, 3

one end portion ofthe Wire isl lcarried irl-,1 Wardly, as at ,42, toformA pivot portion f onto which tie 'fitting' 15%, Which is T- shaped,is. mounted.` This :fitting is cast, ioroed or otheiivise formed with ahorizon tal portion t3 and with a lateral sleeve-einv tensionlinto whichthe handle leas thread` ed or otherwise fastened 'T he pivot portion 4:2is provided with two stop lugs ll-5 punchedv l frofm-Ytheivire, bet-Weenvwhich rlugs and one end' of the horizontal portion 43 ofl said T-shaped litting a Washer .4;6 is interposed.'A A. second ivasher'tisfitted over-the pivot portion fil-@fof the Aframeand bears against theopposite end lof said horizontal portion and the extremity of said pivotportion is-threa ded, as at 48, and has a thumb nut or other fasteningdevice 49, threaded thereon which bears lagainst said last-mentionedWasher e and retains the fitting l5a on said pivot portion. rlhi'spermits the handle to be swung at any angle and enables the Y,trame orhead to adjust itself automatically in accordance with the surface towhich the mopping` element is applied.

As in the preferred construction, one end of the wire forming theskeleton Ytrame terminates at the side or periphery ot the iframe inproximity to the angular portion 50 oit the same, `termed by bending theopposite end portion of the wire inwardly to itorm the pivot portion e2,but said first-mentioned end is spaced from said angle to Ytorni a slipopening 25u. ln this consigruction the tubular portion oi the moppingelement is also slipped over the wire trame through the slip openingv25% by drawing said element along the wire forming said 'frame or, inother words, threading the trame into said passage or tube until theentire exposed portion of the 'frame is covered.

lVhile l have shown a triangular' shaped frame or head in the preferredconstruction and a diamond shaped frame or head in the illustratedmodiiicatior of my invention., it will be apparent that withoutdeparting from the principle involved, this receiving` iframe or headmay be given various other formations, all of which may be said to besubstantially loop shaped.

It will also be clear that the manner oit l securing the moppingelementto the mop receiving trame or head may be varied, but l considerthe provision of a tube on or passage through the moppiug element as ameansrto conveniently support the latter on the receiving frame or head,since it entirelycovers said frame or head, and the threads of themopping element sewed between the two strips oit cotton or other fibrousmaterial provide a bu tier or cushion which when coming` contact withpolished surfaces will not in any manner mar the same. l also considerthe format-ions of mop receiving frames or heads as shown in thedrawings advantageous, since they provide pointed portions which can bedirected into corners, with the result that every portion of a floor canbe thoroughly polished.

Having thus described my invention, what lclaiin is2 l. ln a'device ofthe kind described, a mop head formed of wirebent into loop shapefwithone end portion extending inwardly into the open space of said head andterminating therein and its other end terminating at a peripheralportion, a mopping element having a tubular portion iitting over saidWire, and a fitting to which the inwardly extending end portion of thewire is secured,

2. A device of the kind described; comprising a mop head formed oit' asingle length of wire bent into triangular shape with one extremity ofthe wire terminating at one oit the three sides of the triangle, saidwire being directed inwardly adjacent vsaid extremity to form a iillerpart within said triangle and being thence rebent to forma pivotportion, alitting mounted on said pivot portion and having ahandlesecured thereto, and means for clamping said iitting on said pivotportion.

3. er device ot the kind described; comprising a mop head formed of asingle length i wire bent into triangular shape with one extremity otthe wire terminating at one of the three sides of the triangle, saidwire being directed inwardly adjacent said eXtremity to form a iillerpart within said triangle and being thence rebent to torm a pivot porAtionj a. fitting mounted on said pivot portion and having a handlesecured thereto, friction disks on said pivot portionbearing againstopposite sides of said fitting, a washer on said pivot portion bearingagainst one of said LFriction disls and having a sleeve extensionthereon provided with a radial notch into which the bent portion of saidwire adjacent said pivot portion is entered to prevent rotation oi" saidwasher', a second washer bearing against the other friction disland heldk ,1 .strotation on said pivot portion, and a mit tlnfeaded onto theextremity of said pivot portion and bearing against said last-mentionedwasher.

ln a device ot the'kind described, a mop receiving trame -termed intoloop shape and having one end of the material forming the trametern'iinating within the loop to serve 100 as a pivot for a handle andthe other end terminating at the periphery of the frame and aaced froman intermediate portion of said rrame material to Jform an opening.

5. ln a device of the kind described, a 105 mop-receiving trame formedinto loop shape and having one end of thecmaterial orm .ing the trameterminating` within the loop iter connection of a handle thereto, andthe other end terminating at the periphery of 110 the traine in spacedrelation to an intermediate portion of said frame material so as to forman opening.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

Josnrn J. snicnLUNA.

